The Senate has enacted the Defiance Act, a bipartisan anti-deepfake bill that will allow victims to prosecute producers and distributors of nonconsensual sexually explicit digital forgeries. It is championed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and seeks to protect victims, most of whom are women. The civil remedies provided by the Act may be a forerunner to eventual criminal punishments. The House will vote on it next.
The Senate has enacted the Defiance Act, a bipartisan anti-deepfake bill that will allow victims to prosecute producers and distributors of nonconsensual sexually explicit digital forgeries. It is championed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and seeks to protect victims, most of whom are women. The civil remedies provided by the Act may be a forerunner to eventual criminal punishments. The House will vote on it next.